In-depth interview to explore the experience of using a smartphone app to accompany HIV and syphilis self-testing and recommendations for additional app content related to instructions, results, information, and linkage-to-care

Summary of findings

Participants strongly approved of the dual instructions and a results screen that clearly states positive or negative test results. Almost all participants wanted the option to save test results on the app for personal reference or to show partners. They also wanted the option to send results to others, primarily partners but also physicians. A few participants were enthusiastic about widely sharing their HIV-negative test results via social or sexual networking sites. Linking test results to sexual networking sites was seen as offering a verified HIV status versus a self-report.